European Union countries agreed to promote a global fossil fuel phase out on Thursday ahead of the United Nation's COP28 climate summit this year, attempting to boost a global deal that failed at last year's summit.
People watch smoke and steam billow from Belchatow Power Station, Europe's largest coal-fired power plant powered by lignite, in Zlobnica, Poland October 20, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki
BRUSSELS, March 9 - European Union countries agreed to promote a global fossil fuel phase out on Thursday ahead of the United Nation's COP28 climate summit this year, attempting to boost a global deal thatMinisters from the 27 EU member states approved a text on their diplomatic priorities ahead of the COP28 summit, which begins on Nov. 30 in Dubai, where nearly 200 countries will attempt to strengthen efforts to rein in climate change.
"The shift towards a climate neutral economy will require the global phase-out of unabated fossil fuels," the EU text said, citing the scientific consensus that this is necessary to avoid more severe climate change. "The EU will systematically promote and call for a global move towards energy systems free of unabated fossil fuels well ahead of 2050", it said, adding that global fossil fuel consumption should peak in the near term.
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